Numerical investigation of breaking internal waves on slopes : dynamics, energetics, and transport
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Over the past fifty years, advancements in ocean instrumentation have led to fascinating observations of internal waves propagating, shoaling, and breaking in the coastal ocean. These observations have shown that breaking internal waves are likely important contributors to transport and mixing in coastal ecosystems, as well as to turbulent dissipation and mixing in the global ocean energy budget. However, much of the physics of internal waves, especially the process of breaking on slopes, remains poorly understood. Due to the limited spatial and temporal resolution of field observations in the ocean, many idealized laboratory and numerical experiments have also been used study internal waves. The primary goal of this dissertation is to use high-resolution, laboratory-scale numerical simulations to increase the current understanding of breaking internal waves on slopes. I take advantage of high-performance, parallel computing to resolve turbulent effects using direct numerical simulations (DNS), and focus on three specific aspects of internal wave breaking: dynamics, energetics, and transport.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2015 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Arthur, Robert S |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. |
| Primary advisor | Fringer, Oliver B. (Oliver Bartlett) |
| Thesis advisor | Fringer, Oliver B. (Oliver Bartlett) |
| Thesis advisor | Koseff, Jeffrey Russell |
| Thesis advisor | Monismith, Stephen Gene |
| Advisor | Koseff, Jeffrey Russell |
| Advisor | Monismith, Stephen Gene |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Robert S. Arthur. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2015. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2015 by Robert Scott Arthur
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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